Westport Cove makes all in Roscommon feature Westport Cove landed odds of 4/6 when making all in the featured Ballymore Group Irish EBF Kilbegnet Novice Chase at Roscommon. The second-season novice got off the mark over fences at Ballinrobe in May before finishing second to stablemate Gold Dancer in a Grade 3 at the Galway festival.  He was pursued by market rival King Of Kingsfield but took that one's measure after two out as Special Cadeau moved into second. That rival, who had beaten the winner at Thurles in the spring, tried to close on the run-in but the Cathal Hughes-owned seven-year-old kept on well to score by a length and a quarter. After Rakki in the first, Wesport Cove was completing doubles for trainer Willie Mullins and jockey Paul Townend. Townend commented: “It suited him, back to two miles and not as stiff a track. “The fences up the home straight helped him as his jumping is an asset. “This place suited him better than Galway, he ran a cracker there but the hill caught him. “He wants nice ground, but he handled the ground during the winter last year and ran in some good beginners’ and got good experience in them. “He’s definitely better on the top of the ground though.” Additional reporting by Gary Carson
